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Forgive me if this comes across as a little blunt or bossy, but I believe you need to set up a separate Retreat Planning Team.
You’ve got your date picked, your theme set, and the budget to hire a speaker. But how do you find one? And how do you ensure they’re going to be a good fit for your church? Let’s start with the “big one”. How do you find a speaker? Once you find a speaker that you’d…

Retreats come in many shapes and sizes. Prayerfully consider which type of retreat God is asking you to plan for your women in this season. You may host one time of retreat this year and a different type of retreat the next.

We’ve covered the WHEN, WHERE, and the WHY of planning a women’s ministry retreat. Today we’re going to talk about how to pick a retreat theme.

Location, location, location. When looking for a women’s ministry retreat location there are several things you need to consider.

Before we start planning, we need to tackle the “why”. Why are women’s ministry retreats important? Why are they needed?

Are you sensing that the Lord may be asking you or your team to plan a women’s ministry retreat? How do you figure out if that’s really the direction God is taking your team?

Are you struggling to find childcare solutions for your women’s ministry Bible studies, events, and activities?

The future of your women’s ministry is meeting down the hall in the Youth Room. Yep, those girls down the hallway on their phones will soon graduate and will be checking your “women’s ministry”.

Last week I shared about the four years I spent in a prayer group and how you might start your own prayer group. As promised, I’m sharing the Prayer Guide we used each week to keep us focused. You are welcome to print and use it as is, or tweak it and make it your…

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